Nd:YAG laser transurethral evaporation of the prostate (TUEP) for urinary retention

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 480-486

  Fournier Jr , George R ^a,b,c   Tewari, Ashutosh ^a,b   Induhara, Ramaiah ^a,b   Gajenderan, V ^a,b   Narayan, Perinchery ^a,b,d  

^a SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Urology Clinic   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Nd:YAG laser; prostate; urinary retention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; LASER SURGERY; MALE; NEODYMIUM LASER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINE RETENTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LASER SURGERY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY RETENTION;

EID: 12644295049     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9101(1996)19:4<480::AID-LSM15>3.0.CO;2-6     Document Type: Article

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